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      Caterpillar

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      Caterpillar reviews

      4.0

      77% would recommend to a friend

      (7,340 total reviews)

      Joe Creed

      68% approve of CEO

      74% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      Caterpillar has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 7,340 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Caterpillar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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      Reviews by job title

      7K reviews
      4.0
      Apr 7, 2014

      Poor leadership

      Engineering project team leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Large R&D budgets to work on exciting projects.

      Cons

      A lot of leadership that has never actually been part of bringing anything to market. The company went thru a phase where it wasn't important if you ever did anything as long as you could give a good presentation. Now that they are in charge they have no idea how anything gets done. They are wheeling out new processes that Chrysler abandoned two bankruptcies ago. We used to joke about the engineers at the big three did nothing but attend meetings all day long. Now we are the joke.

      2.0
      Apr 6, 2014

      Mechanical Engineer

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay. Hope that is enough for you.

      Cons

      Senior management are borderline criminal. Exploiting employees and favoritism for promotions is common here. They'll work you to the bone if you let them. Waaaaay to many employees near retirement that have basically given up and just show up to get a pay check. Unfortunately these are also many of the mid-level managers.

      3.0
      Apr 6, 2014

      Software developer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great health cover, forward thinking company.

      Cons

      Like all large organisations, too much politics and red tape. Very US-centric. Low pay.

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